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The White Album Listening Party: Revisiting The Beatles' Top-Seller (3-Hour / Non-Newscast Version)
From: Paul Ingles
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Beatle fans and musicians gather to re-experience The Beatles' top-selling album, which came to be known as The White Album.

Bought by Louisville Public Media, KMSU, Prairie Public, Prairie Public, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2008
  • Length: 02:57:04
  • Purchases: 16
Chris Calloway: A Jazz Life of Her Own (29:00 / 21:30 / 9:33 / 7:20)
From: Paul Ingles
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Jazz singer Chris Calloway, daughter to the legendary singer and band leader Cab Calloway, died August 7, 2008. Chris recalls her father's legacy ...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KGLT, and WVRU


  • Added: Dec 23, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
Curiosity Aroused Pilot
From: Rebecca Watson
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Looking at the world from a skeptical perspective

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, Texas Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT-HD and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 10
On Being Thankful - for Cancer & for a Cat
From: Paul Messing
Series: For Kindred Spirits (and separate elements)
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Two beautiful Thanksgiving stories from NY Times Bestseller Susan Chernak McElroy 4:39

Bought by KISU, 90.5 WSNC, KUT, WTIP, KZYX and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2007
  • Length: 04:39
  • Purchases: 6
KERA Commentary: A Love Poem to the Season
From: KERA
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An appeciation of Spring and the beauty to be found in nature year-round.

  • Added: Apr 05, 2007
  • Length: 03:30
This I Believe - Wade Rathke
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Activist and union organizer Wade Rathke believes listening is a useful and important skill in life.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, KJZZ, and WUKY


  • Added: Feb 02, 2007
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 4
From Yale to Hack [Two Versions]
From: WFUV
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Guyon Knight Dropped Out of Yale Graduate School to Drive A Taxi. Why?

  • Added: Dec 05, 2006
  • Length: 10:26
A Musician's Life: T-Bone Burnett
From: WXPN
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The musician and record producer talks about his addiction to sound and his work on the film "Oh Brother Where Art Thou"?

Bought by WQJC and KUT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 2
To Comfort Or Provoke: The Necessary And Complex Role Of Theatre In Our Chaotic World.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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jackie maxwell feels that theatre is alive,well and important.

  • Added: Jun 22, 2005
  • Length: 59:57
Is Peace Possible In The Middle East?
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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dennis ross examines the rise of anti-american radicalism in the middle east.

  • Added: Jun 17, 2005
  • Length: 59:52
Great Lakes Management:conflicts And Cooperation.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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dr. peter loucks talks about water management on the great lakes.

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Jun 17, 2005
  • Length: 59:57
  • Purchases: 1
Gender And The American Experience.
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Historian Alice Kessler-Harris looks at women's rights then and now.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC, KQED, and WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Jun 15, 2005
  • Length: 59:38
  • Purchases: 3
A New Compact For Sustainable Development
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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John F. Turner says the environment needs protection, but that care must also be taken to protect the rights of land owners.

Bought by Maine Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2005
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Fall
From: Chris Ladd
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Skydiving can go wrong, terribly wrong, and that can even happen when the parachute opens. This piece chronicles the author's dive on assignment fo...

  • Added: May 10, 2005
  • Length: 21:55
Bridge Spitting
From: Bill Palladino
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A reminisence of an adolescent event while growing up in New York City.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and WFUV


  • Added: Apr 25, 2005
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 2
Dr. Ned Hallowell: Dare To Forgive
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Psychiatrist Ned Hallowell explains why forgiving is healing.

Bought by KMXT, Maine Public Radio, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Sep 13, 2004
  • Length: 59:46
  • Purchases: 3
Life Stories - Friendship
From: Jay Allison
Series: The Life Stories Collection
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Five stories of friends

Bought by KUER, WFAE, KPVL, KUT, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Sep 22, 2003
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 15
Life Stories - Jobs: Teaching ("Educating Esme')
From: Jay Allison
Series: The Life Stories Collection
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The Diary of a First Year Teacher, "Educating Esme." One hour of a five-hour series of first-person portraits.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., KUER, WFAE, KPIK-LP, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2003
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 19
Life Stories - Families: Women and Children
From: Jay Allison
Series: The Life Stories Collection
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Three stories of young women - Concerning Breakfast, The Trapeze Artist, Alone Like a Stone. One hour of a five-hour series of first-person portra...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KUER, WFAE, HowSound, KUT and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2003
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 18